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House Majority Leader McCarthy: I Share Netanyahu's Concerns about Iran Deal


(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - On Sunday, President Obama told CNN that Prime Minister Netanyahu has interjected himself into Washington politics more forcibly than any other foreign leader. But on Thursday, U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that Netanyahu was simply doing his job as Israel's leader. "I do not see where Benjamin Netanyahu was interfering with anything," said McCarthy, just one day after he and 35 other visiting Republican congressmen met with Netanyahu. "He is elected by the State of Israel and voices the opinion of the state on security," McCarthy said. Netanyahu "did not tell us how to vote. Much like every other leader of any other country, he conveyed what he sees," McCarthy said. "I think from concerns that he has about the agreement the majority of the room has the same concerns." "My wife and I have a son and a daughter. They have a lifetime in front of them. I will not walk away and make the world more unsafe and more dangerous because I wanted someone to say we captured peace for this moment but jeopardized freedom for the future," he said.
2015-08-14 00:00:00
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